A Fort Knox for Web crypto keys: Inside Symantec’s SSL certificate vault

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At the entrance to a nondescript building on the sprawling Symantec campus in Silicon Valley, the company’s Senior Director of Operations, Identity and Authentication, Paul Meijer, is presenting his badge and entering his personal identification number to get inside. A second door not far away requires him to repeat the process all over again. A dozen or so feet further is a third door, and this one requires him to press his index finger against a sensor to prove he’s one of fewer than 100 Symantec employees permitted to enter.

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